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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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